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Summary of the impact

Research conducted by LSHTM has informed the delivery of a 30-year WHO
strategy aimed at
reducing the devastating burden of liver cancer in Africa and least
developed countries in other
regions. Studies evaluating the effectiveness of the Gambia Hepatitis
Intervention Study (GHIS) - the
only randomised trial of a hepatitis B vaccine with a disease endpoint in
Africa - have shaped
current WHO policy recommendations for vaccinations against the virus,
enabling WHO to advise
against the need for a booster programme, and protecting governments in
the less developed
world from significant additional expenditure.

Submitting Institution

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Unit of Assessment

Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care

Summary Impact Type

Health

Research Subject Area(s)

Summary of the impact

Research at Oxford, led by Paul Collier, on the causes and consequences
of conflict and state failure for low income economies has informed
policymakers, and contributed to a substantial increase in the proportion
of aid programmes devoted to addressing these problems. Using rigorous
quantitative methods, the research has identified the economic factors
underlying conflict and state failure in low income countries, quantified
the substantial costs inherent in state failure and mis-governance, and
proposed effective ways of addressing these problems. The impact of
Collier's team's research has been further expedited by his prominent role
as advisor to governments and policymakers (eg. IMF, DFID, World Bank). In
this way, Collier and his team's research has substantially influenced
current thinking on development policy.

Submitting Institution

University of Oxford

Unit of Assessment

Economics and Econometrics

Summary Impact Type

Political

Research Subject Area(s)

Summary of the impact

Professor Mary Kaldor convened a study group that proposed a new human
security doctrine for the European Union at the request of its High
Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy. This doctrine
defined a new approach for EU involvement in situations requiring a
security and defence response, with special attention to conflict and
disaster in developing countries. It has influenced security and defence
policy at the EU and country member levels, and has proved to dramatically
reduce violence and contribute to peacekeeping efforts and a return to
civil society when applied in conflict-ridden contexts such as Chad,
Somalia, Iraq and Libya.

Submitting Institution

London School of Economics & Political Science

Unit of Assessment

Anthropology and Development Studies

Summary Impact Type

Political

Research Subject Area(s)

Summary of the impact

Dr Jerome Lewis's research defining how to implement free, prior and
informed consent has led to effective and equitable relations between
indigenous forest people and FSC-certified forestry companies operating in
the Congo Basin (over 4 million ha). It enabled forest people to monitor
illegal logging and improve forest governance and has been adopted by
forestry organisations in the region. It was instrumental in setting up
the Centre d'Excellence Social which recruits students from the region to
train a new generation of forest managers with the skills required to put
the newly defined social principles into practice, as well as Radio Biso
na Biso, a community radio station which disseminates indigenous views on
local issues, logging and conservation.